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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Documentary film makers face problems of funding and getting audience: Usha Deshpande
A film policy that gives steady work to docu film
makers needed: Sanskar Desai
IDPA Open Forum to begin tomorrow
Goa: November 24, 2019
Documentary filmmakers face many challenges including non availability of funds and audience said Smt Usha Deshpande, President Indian Documentary Producers Association. She was addressing a media conference along with IDPA General Secretary Shri Sanskar Desai at the 50th International Film Festival of India today in Panaji.
“The main need of a documentary film maker is to reach the audience. We are organising screenings and film festivals all over the country to provide platforms for documentary film makers. In collaboration with Films Division, films screenings have started in many cities during the second and fourth friday of every month. Screenings are about to start in 20 more cities including Gulbarga, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Delhi etc”, she said.
Touching upon the quality of education imparted through film schools and institutes, Smt Deshpande said that sometimes the quality gets compromised and a lot of institutes misguide the students. “ Since most of them are private institutes, we cannot control them. The control has to come from society”, she said. Complimenting her, Shri Sanskar Desai said that they are working with the government to ensure quality of film schools with some kind of accreditation or rating.
Smt. Deshpande further said that documentary film makers function in more or less the same way journalists work. She cautioned that while working on social issues, one needs to have an impartial attitude.
Explaining upon the efforts of the association to train aspiring filmmakers, Shri Sanskar Desai said that IDPA is collaborating with four universities to conduct workshops for the students. “Filmmakers have to be trained. But we are just facilitators in this process. We have a slot in Doordarshan where about 60 films have already been shown. Film makers are getting money from the telecast. The call for entries for the IDPA awards is also just to begin”, he said.
Shri Desai also called for support from the government to implement a film policy which gives steady work and income to the documentary makers. He also revealed IDPA’s plans to start film clubs where documentary films can be screened.
IDPA will organise Open Forum on the sidelines of IFFI on November 25, 26 and 27 at 1.30 pm. The topics for the Open Forum are “ Is there any monitoring of the quality of education being imparted by various film schools mushrooming around the country?”, “How real are reality based feature films?”, “Are independent filmmakers benefiting from digital distribution platforms ? ”
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Ministry of Defence
Award of President’s Standard to 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter Unit on 16 Nov 2017
The Hon’ble President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, Shri Ram Nath Kovind awarded the prestigious President’s Standard to 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter Unit during a ceremonial parade held at Air Force Station Adampur on 16 Nov 17. The President’s Standards were received by Group Captain Prabhat Malik, Commanding Officer of 223 Squadron, and Wg Cdr N Batra Commanding Officer of 117 Helicopter Unit.
(The ceremonial parade was commanded by Group Captain Tushar Vaidya. The President also released First Day Covers of 223 Squadron and 117 Helicopter Unit at the function. A Fly past consisting of MiG-29, ALH and Mi-17 helicopters was synchronized with significant events of the parade. The parade was followed by a spectacular display of precision and daredevilry by the Air Warriors Drill Team. The grand ceremony concluded with a breathtaking air show by the Sarang and Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team.
Shri V P Singh Badnore Governor of Punjab, Shri Rana Gurjeet Singh, Cabinet Minister for Irrigation and Power of the State of Punjab, Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal C Hari Kumar, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Air Command along with other senior Defence and Civilian dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ram Nath Kovind Hon’ble President of India congratulated both the awardee units and complimented all personnel for the excellent Parade. He said that the nation is proud of the capability and competency of the IAF. Excellent performance of its personnel in International exercises, both at home and abroad, is indeed a glowing testimony to the level of training and preparedness of our Air Force. The Indian Air Force, besides safeguarding the sovereign skies of our Nation, has also been at the forefront of all humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations. The resilience and tenacity displayed by our valiant air warriors is a great source of pride for the nation.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India notifies the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  Regulations, 2021.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code  Ordinance, 2021 promulgated on 4th April, 2021 provides for pre-packaged insolvency resolution process  for corporate debtors classified as micro, small and medium enterprises. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India notified the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  Regulations, 2021  today to enable operationalisation of PPIRP.
The PPIRP Regulations detail the Forms that stakeholders are required to use, and the manner of carrying out various tasks by them as part of the PPIRP. These provide details and manner relating to:
- Eligibility to act as resolution professional, and his terms of appointment;
- Eligibility of registered valuers and other professionals;
- Identification and selection of authorised representative;
- Public announcement and claims of stakeholders;
- Information memorandum;
- Meetings of the creditors and committee of creditors;
- Invitation for resolution plans;
- Competition between the base resolution plan and the best resolution plan;
- Evaluation and consideration of resolution plans;
- Vesting management of corporate debtor with resolution professional;
- Termination of PPIRP.
The PPIRP Regulations come into force from today. These are available at www.mca.gov.in and www.ibbi.gov.in.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Updates on COVID-19
Various actions have been initiated by Government of India along with the States/UTs for the prevention, containment and management of COVID-19 in the country. These are being regularly monitored at the highest level.
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired a high level meeting with the Chief Ministers of States/UTs through video conference today. States were urged to manage the crisis at the district level and to focus on testing, isolation and quarantine facilities. States were also requested to upgrade the healthcare human resource, conduct online training of frontline workers along with increasing the strength of existing capacity through involvement of retired health workers from Government and private hospitals, NGOs, NSS & NSOs.
Hon’ble Prime Minister was apprised by the States that lockdown was being implemented with social distancing measures and enhanced surveillance, and they have been conducting rigorous contact tracing especially of migrant workers and international passengers. States also informed that they were ensuring that adequate welfare measures for psycho-social support and essential supplies are being ensured in the relief camps. States also reported on their progress regarding dedicated COVID-19 hospitals, ICU beds, quarantine facilities, ventilators & PPEs.
Under the orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court, States have been directed to take effective measures to fight fake news in order to prevent panic among people.
In addition, Guidelines for Dialysis of #COVID19 patients was issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. It is available on the website- www.mohfw.gov.in.
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare with the help of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Science  has recommended general public measures to be taken on mental health for the elderly and children to deal with anxiety and stress due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which are available at www.mohfw.gov.in/. A psycho-social toll-free helpline number 08046110007 is also functional for any behavioral health related query.
As of now, 1965 confirmed cases and 50 deaths have been reported. During the last 24 hours, 328 new confirmed cases and 12 new deaths have been reported. 151 persons have been cured/discharged from the hospitals after recovery.
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be emailed at technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no. : +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .
Ministry of Defence
INS Sagardhwani Flagged Off for ‘Sagar Maitri’
INS Sagardhwani,a Marine Acoustic Research Ship  of the Naval Physical & Oceanographic Laboratory , Kochiand operated by the Indian Navy has set sail from Kochi for a scientific venture called ‘Marine & Allied Interdisciplinary Training and Research Initiative ’. The ship was jointly flagged off by Vice Admiral AK Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief , Southern Naval Command  and Dr. G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary Department of Defence R& D and Chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation  at 12:00noonon 18 July 19 from the Naval Base, Kochi.
The ship’s mission which was conceptualizedDRDO, is in consonance with the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Safety And Growth of All in the Region ’ to promote closer cooperation in socio-economic aspects, as well as greater scientific interaction, especially in ocean research in underwater acoustics, among Indian Ocean Region  countries. The mission by the Indian Navy and NPOL is a step towards enhancing this research and strengthening relationships with South East Asian countries and is therefore being termed as SAGAR MAITRI.Theprime objectives of the SAGAR MAITRI mission are data collection from the entire North Indian Ocean, focusing on the Andaman Sea and adjoining seas and establishing long term collaboration with eight IOR countries in the field of ‘Ocean Research and Development’.
INS Sagardhwani was built indigenously by M/s GRSE Ltd, Kolkata and commissioned on 30 Jul 1994. During the last 25 years, the ship has carried out intensive oceanographic observational programmes/ research. The ship for the conduct of scientific and research programmes of NPOL. The ship will also be celebrating its Silver Jubilee on 30 Jul 19The ship would be visiting Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia and would be interacting/ initiating collaborative research programmes with selected institutes in these countries as part of the present SAGAR MAITRI Track-2.Track – 1of SAGAR MAITRI missionwas held in Apr 2019, when she visited Yangon, Myanmar.
The Indian Navy and NPOL have been jointly working in the field of Research & Development of Sonar Systems, technologies for underwater surveillance and study of the ocean environment and underwater materials. NPOL is continuously striving to enhance the performance of underwater sensors by undertaking research in underwater acoustics and physical oceanographic conditions through its platform INS Sagardhwani which is fitted with state of the art equipment, including newly fitted wave height measuring radar for this purpose.
Ministry of Education
MoS, HRD Shri Sanjay Dhotre inaugurates the India Pavilion at International Book fair in Guadaljara, Mexico
India becomes first Asian country to participate as ‘Guest of Honour' in the Book Fair
Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy ‘ Let Our Lives Be Open Books' is theme of Indian pavilion
Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Union Minister of State  for Human Resource Development  inaugurated the India Pavilion at the International Book Fair at Guadaljara, Mexico. India is the ‘Guest of Honour Country’ in this book fair, and it is the first Asian country to have received this honour. This fair, which is called Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadaljara in Spanish, is the biggest book fair in the Spanish-speaking world.Shri Sanjay Dhotre delivered the inaugural address at the book fair during its opening yesterday. The National Book Trust , an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource Development  Government of India , is participating as the nodal agency of the GoI in this book fair.
Shri Dhotre, while speaking at the inaugural ceremony, highlighted the deep literary connection between India and Mexico and referred to the legendry Mexican poet Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz’s first visit to India in 1952. He said, “Paz took deep interest in the culture and heritage of India, and he wrote poems on Vrindavan, Shiva-Parvati, and on Amir Khusro. Shri Dhotre also said that India and Mexico are in opposite directions on the world map and are thousands of miles away from each other, but both the countries have great similarities in terms of their people, bio-diversity, family and cultural values, and even climatic conditions. He added that both the countries represent very old civilisations, and both have undertaken a sustained struggle to get independence from the colonial rule.
Referring to the 150th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi, Shri Dhotre said that Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy ‘Let Our Lives Be Open Books’ is the theme of the India pavilion in the fair, as it represents, among other things, an atmosphere of interaction and communication provided by the platforms such as book fairs.
Shri Dhotre expressed hope that this book fair will provide platform for an accelerated literary, academic and cultural exchange between the two countries, and great literary pieces of both the countries will be translated into Indian languages and Spanish. He also invited all the publishers having gathered from across the world to the World Book Fair being organised by NBT in New Delhi, during January 2020.
This is the 33rd edition of Guadaljara International Book Fair will continue till 8 December 2019.
Ministry of Finance
Government of India’s release of ₹75,000 crore to States and UTs under the back-to-back loan facility in-lieu of GST compensation not to change the GoI’s borrowing programme in the first half of 2021-22
₹75,000 crore was released by Ministry of Finance to the States and UTs with Legislature today under the back-to-back loan facility in lieu of GST Compensation.
However, Government of India’s borrowing programme for the remaining period of the first half of the current Financial Year as announced in the “Issuance Calendar for Marketable Dated Securities for April 2021 - September 2021” released on 31st March 2021 remains unchanged.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM remembers Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on his 100th birth anniversary
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has remembered Pandit Bhimsen Joshi on his 100th birth anniversary.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"On his 100th birth anniversary, remembering the versatile Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Ji. Through his works, he made landmark contributions towards popularising Indian music and culture. He also brought our nation closer through his renditions."
PIB Headquarters
BSNL Open House Session on Saturday
BSNL Thiruvananthapuram business area will conduct open house session for the customers on 22nd July 2017  from 10:30 am to 01:00 pm at Telephone Exchange, Manacadu. The session will be attended by the senior officers of BSNL, Thiruvananthapuram. Customers are given opportunity to put forth their suggestions and grievances if any, in this session.
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Ministry of Defence
INDIAN NAVY – INNOVATING TOWARDS NATION BUILDING
The Innovation Pavilion, set up at the Navy House on occasion of Navy Day 2021, was inaugurated by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, on 04 Dec 2021 in presence of the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar. The pavilion showcased how Indian Navy has synergised innovation and Indigenisation efforts and collaborated with Academia and Industry, in keeping with the theme for this year’s Navy Day “Indian Navy – Innovating towards Nation Building”, towards larger emphasis on Nation Building whilst keeping its focus on own Self-Reliance. The innovations presented in the Innovation Pavilion were in-house efforts of Indian Navy, in accordance the vision of Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti and displayed stalls on four major aspects.
The Innovations for Healthcare stall displayed certain ‘game changing’ Medical innovations including those undertaken jointly with IIT, Mumbai like Aadyant ORS  for enhanced safety in ICUs, Sanitizer using Nano-technology effective on MRSA bacteria, AI based Nebulizer and a Low-cost digital stethoscope for tele-medicine especially for rural / remote areas. The Partnering with Academia for Technology Evolution stall displayed Dental Dome, Navrakshak gowns, Autonomous Boat and Quad-Copter which was a result of agreement between Indian Navy and Rashtriya Raksha University  for licensing of in-house developed technology, to MSMEs for mass manufacture.
The Engaging with Young India stall displayed products developed by Indian Navy in conjunction with National Forensic Science University . These included Limpet Mine Detection System, Caged Drone for firefighting, Autonomous Beach Check Survey Device  and Portable UW Diver Delivery System which is being handed over to NFSU for further refinement. The IN-STEP , engaging students in premier education institutes through mentored online internship, displayed Smart Firefighting Suit  and Underwater Detection Algorithms . Additionally, Corona Yoga game, made by 10 year son of a naval officer, awarded PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on 26 Jan 21, was also presented. The Innovation for Self-Reliance and Beyond stall displayed Indigenisation efforts by Indian Navy to reduce import dependency and provide export potential. These included Tactical Mobile Fiber Optic Cable with Jetty Enclosure, Upper Deck Paint, Autonomous Modular Inflatable Target , Remote Embedded Systems Support  and 30 mm Pre-fragmented Shells.
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Ministry of Jal Shakti
SCHEMES FOR CLEANING OF RIVERS
It is the responsibility of the States/Union Territories , Local Bodies and Industrial Units to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluents to the prescribed norms before discharging into rivers and other water bodies, coastal waters or land to prevent and control of pollution therein. For conservation of rivers, the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation  has been supplementing the efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of rivers in the country through the Central Sector Scheme of NamamiGange programme for rivers in Ganga basin, and the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan  for other rivers.
NRCP has so far covered polluted stretches on 36 rivers in 80 towns spread over 16 States in the country with the project sanctioned cost of Rs. 6248.16 crore, and inter-alia, a sewage treatment capacity of 2745.7 million liters per day  has been created. Under the NamamiGange programme, a total of 409 projects, including 177 projects for sewage treatment of 5269.87 mld and a sewer network of 5,213 kms, have been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 32,912.40 crore.
In addition, sewerage infrastructure is created under programs like Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation  and Smart Cities Mission of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
As per the latest report published by CPCB in November, 2022, 106 out of 351 polluted river stretches  published in 2018 have been delisted while improvement in 74 PRS has been observed.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to perform the Bhoomi Poojan ceremony of Hostel Phase-1 built by Saurashtra Patel Seva Samaj in Surat on 15th October
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will perform the Bhoomi Poojan ceremony of Hostel Phase-1 , constructed by Saurashtra Patel Seva Samaj in Surat on 15th October at 11 AM via video conferencing.
Hostel building has residential facilities for around 1500 students. It also contains an auditorium and a dedicated library for the students. Construction of Hostel Phase-II to accommodate around 500 girls will start from next year.
About Saurashtra Patel Seva Samaj
It is a registered trust established in 1983 whose main objective is educational and social transformation of weaker sections of the society. It helps in preparing students for various competitive exams and also provides them with a platform for entrepreneurship & skill development.
Gujarat Chief Minister will also be present during the event.
Special Service and Features
972 grams of gold worth Rs. 49.6 lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs. One arrested.
Based on intelligence, one Safiullah Abdul Wahith, 34 and Sahabtheen Sahubar Sathik, 37, of Ramanathapuram who arrived from Dubai by Fly Dubai flight FZ8517 were intercepted at exit. On personal search two bundles of gold paste  weighing 211 grams were recovered from rectum which yielded 182 grams of 24 k purity gold valued at Rs. 9.4 lakhs on extraction and same was seized.
In another case one Rawther, 44, of Chennai who arrived from Dubai by Flight Indigo 6E-66 was intercepted at exit. On his personal search one 49 gram gold cut bit valued at Rs. 2.50 lakhs was recovered from his pant pocket. Further, three bundles of gold paste weighing 810 grams were recovered from rectum which yielded 741 grams of 24 k purity gold valued at Rs. 37.7 lakhs on extraction. Total 790 grams of gold valued at Rs. 40.2 lakhs was recovered and seized under Customs Act. He was arrested.
972 grams of gold valued at Rs. 49.6 lakhs was seized under Customs Act in three cases. One arrested.
Further investigation is under progress, according to a press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.